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Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 1986 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the fifth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 13 to 23 August 1986, and was incorporated into the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.[1]

Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Spain (in Madrid host cities)
Dates13 – 23 August
Teams15 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
Goals scored797 (16.27 per match)
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This was the only men's world championship to have featured fifteen teams instead of the usual sixteen. Yugoslavia won its first title by defeating Italy in the final. The Soviet Union, the defending champion, came third.

Participating teams edit

Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  Brazil
  Canada
  Cuba
  United States 		  Israel   France
  Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Netherlands
  Soviet Union
  Spain
  West Germany
  Yugoslavia 		  Australia

Groups formed edit

First round edit

Qualified for places 1–8, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group E and F)
Qualified for places 9–16, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group G and H)

Group A edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Italy 6 3 3 0 0 24 20 +4
2.   Spain 4 3 2 0 1 35 19 +16
3.   Hungary 2 3 1 0 2 29 18 +9
4.   Israel 0 3 0 0 3 13 44 –29
  • 14 August 1986
Hungary   16 – 2   Israel
Italy   8 – 7   Spain
  • 15 August 1986
Italy   9 – 8   Hungary
Spain   21 – 6   Israel
  • 16 August 1986
Italy   7 – 5   Israel
Spain   7 – 5   Hungary

Group B edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Yugoslavia 3 2 1 1 0 23 15 +8
2.   Cuba 3 2 1 1 0 23 21 +2
3.   Australia 0 2 0 0 2 14 24 –10
  • 14 August 1986
Yugoslavia   12 – 4   Australia
  • 15 August 1986
Cuba   12 – 10   Australia
  • 16 August 1986
Yugoslavia   11 – 11   Cuba

Group C edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   West Germany 6 3 3 0 0 26 14 +12
2.   France 4 3 2 0 1 18 20 –2
3.   Canada 2 3 1 0 2 17 21 –4
4.   Netherlands 0 3 0 0 3 15 21 –6
  • 14 August 1986
West Germany   8 – 3   Canada
France   5 – 4   Netherlands
  • 15 August 1986
Canada   8 – 4   Netherlands
West Germany   10 – 4   France
  • 16 August 1986
France   9 – 6   Canada
West Germany   8 – 7   Netherlands

Group D edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   United States 6 3 3 0 0 38 17 +21
2.   Soviet Union 4 3 2 0 1 36 27 +9
3.   Brazil 1 3 0 1 2 25 40 –15
4.   Greece 1 3 0 1 2 19 34 –15
  • 14 August 1986
Soviet Union   16 – 10   Brazil
United States   13 – 3   Greece
  • 15 August 1986
United States   15 – 6   Brazil
Soviet Union   12 – 7   Greece
  • 16 August 1986
United States   10 – 8   Soviet Union
Brazil   9 – 9   Greece

Second round edit

Qualified for places 1–4 in a knockout system with 3rd place game.
Will play for places 5–8 in a round robin group. (Group I)
Will play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group J)
Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group K)

Group E edit

Team Points G W D L. GF GA Diff
1.   Yugoslavia 5 3 2 1 0 29 22 +7
2.   Italy 4 3 2 0 1 22 22 0
3.   Cuba 3 3 1 1 1 30 31 –1
4.   Spain 0 3 0 0 3 24 30 –6

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 18 August 1986
Yugoslavia   10 – 6   Spain
Italy   9 – 7   Cuba
  • 19 August 1986
Yugoslavia   8 – 5   Italy
Cuba   12 – 11   Spain

Group F edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   United States 5 3 2 1 0 26 23 +3
2.   Soviet Union 4 3 2 0 1 30 22 +8
3.   West Germany 2 3 1 0 2 27 23 +4
4.   France 0 3 0 1 2 14 29 –15

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 18 August 1986
Soviet Union   13 – 4   France
United States   10 – 9   West Germany
  • 19 August 1986
United States   6 – 6   France
Soviet Union   9 – 8   West Germany

Group G edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 4 2 2 0 0 23 8 +15
2.   Australia 2 2 1 0 1 17 8 +9
3.   Israel 0 2 0 0 2 3 27 –24

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 18 August 1986
Australia   11 – 1   Israel
  • 19 August 1986
Hungary   7 – 6   Australia

Group H edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Greece 5 3 2 1 0 20 16 +4
2.   Brazil 3 3 1 1 1 23 20 +3
3.   Canada 2 3 1 0 2 16 19 –3
4.   Netherlands 2 3 1 0 2 14 18 –4

Preliminary round results apply.

  • 18 August 1986
Greece   5 – 3   Netherlands
Brazil   9 – 4   Canada
  • 19 August 1986
Netherlands   7 – 5   Brazil
Greece   6 – 4   Canada

Final round edit

13th – 15th places (Group L) edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
13.   Canada 3 2 1 1 0 16 12 +4
14.   Netherlands 2 2 1 0 1 12 14 –2
15.   Israel 1 2 0 1 1 14 16 –2

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 21 August 1986
Netherlands   8 – 6   Israel
  • 22 August 1986
Canada   8 – 8   Israel

9th – 12th places (Group K) edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
9.   Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 29 25 +4
10.   Australia 4 3 2 0 1 27 16 +11
11.   Greece 1 3 0 1 2 24 30 –6
12.   Brazil 1 3 0 1 2 22 31 –9

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 21 August 1986
Hungary   11 – 9   Brazil
Australia   10 – 5   Greece
  • 22 August 1986
Australia   11 – 4   Brazil
Hungary   11 – 10   Greece

5th – 8th places (Group J) edit

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
5.   Spain 4 3 2 0 1 37 24 +13
6.   West Germany 4 3 2 0 1 29 27 +2
7.   Cuba 3 3 1 1 1 27 29 –2
8.   France 1 3 0 1 2 15 28 –13

Results of previous rounds apply.

  • 21 August 1986
Spain   15 – 8   West Germany
Cuba   7 – 7   France
  • 22 August 1986
Spain   11 – 4   France
West Germany   11 – 8   Cuba

Semifinals edit

Team #1 Res. Team #2
Yugoslavia   9–8   Soviet Union
Italy   8–7   United States

Bronze match edit

Team #1 Res. Team #2
Soviet Union   8–6   United States

Final edit

Team #1 Res. Team #2
Yugoslavia   12–11   Italy

Final ranking edit

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Yugoslavia [2]

Dragan Andrić
Perica Bukić
Veselin Đuho
Milorad Krivokapić
Deni Lušić
Igor Milanović
Tomislav Paškvalin
Zoran Petrović
Andrija Popović
Dubravko Šimenc
Aleksandar Šoštar
Anto Vasović
Mirko Vičević

Head coach:
Ratko Rudić

  Italy [2]

Gianni Averaimo
Antonello Steardo
Sandro Campagna
Andrea Pisano
Paolo Trapanese
Massimiliano Ferretti
Marco D'Altrui
Paolo Caldarella
Mario Fiorillo
Ricardo Tempestini
Francesco Porzio
Stefano Postiglione
Alfio Missagi

Head coach:
Federico "Fritz" Dennerlein

  Soviet Union [2]

Serghei Marcoci
Nikolai Smirnov
Yevgeny Sharonov
Nikolay Sharafeyev
Mikhail Ivanov
Sergey Kotenko
Dmitry Apanasenko
Viktor Berendyuha
Pavel Prokopchuk
Yevgeny Grishin
Sergey Naumov
Giorgi Mshvenieradze
Nurlan Mendygaliyev

Head coach:
Aleksandr Kabanov

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c 5th FINA World Championships 1986, Madrid - Water polo Men www.fina.org

External links edit


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